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Now he could finally understand the co-pilot’s words, a high-pitched chant: “Mayday, Mayday, Mayday .
Typhoon Season Douglass, Keith 2000
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And to bring this hodgepodge of a post round full circle, there exists a book of photos of 9/11 with the title Mayday, Mayday, Mayday!
Mayday, mayday! 2010
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Some claim Mayday is the largest mass arrest in U.S. history.
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Some claim Mayday is the largest mass arrest in U.S. history.
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At five past two this afternoon Wednesday Swansea Coastguard received a Mayday from a French sailing vessel reporting that they had dismasted and were now drifting two miles North of Lynton in North Devon.
Sailing Vessel dismasted and drifting off Lynton, North Devon Thatsnews 2008
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At five past two this afternoon Wednesday Swansea Coastguard received a Mayday from a French sailing vessel reporting that they had dismasted and were now drifting two miles North of Lynton in North Devon.
Archive 2008-07-01 Thatsnews 2008
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The word "Mayday" -- used by pilots and sailors in trouble -- is an Anglicization of the phrase m'aidez, or help me.
ASK TIP SHEET 2007
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"Mayday" - I am still a frequent flyer despite this terrific tale but I'm sure others who may have read it are not.
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(COMMERCIAL BREAK) BROWN: Tonight, felony charges have been filed against a pilot who called Mayday from the cockpit of a small plane.
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Imaginary dana reminds us that this fellow is one and the same guy who organized the fiasco otherwise known as Mayday for Marriage last October.
Bill Gates turns his back on LGBT equality after religious supremacists threaten boycott 2005
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